Fishing device



B. GREENE.

FISHING DEVICE. I APPLICATION FILED AUG-2. 1920.

"1,376,934. E Patented May 3,1921.

' ATTORNEY i T all whom it may concern UNITED STATES,"

FREDERICK B. GREENE, or NEWHAVEN, CONNECTICUT. f

. FISHING DEVICE.

Specification of Letters meat,

Be it known that LFnnnnnrok B. GREENE, a citizenof the United States; and a resident of New Haven, in the county of- New Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fishing Devices, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to fishing devices and more particularly to a casting and trollin spoon.

t is one object of this invention to provide a device of this character in which it is impossible for the hook to foul the spoon regardless of the relative positions assumed by the spoon and hook during casting.

A further object of the invention is the arrangement of the various elements of the device whereby the rotation of the spoon is effective to cause they hook to assume an approximately horizontal position as the device is pulled through the water.

An additional object of the invention is to provide a simple and effective casting and trolling device in which the spoon will start spinning as soon as it strikes the water.

In the accompanying drawings is disclosed an embodiment of the invention Wherein Figure 1 is a side elevation;

Fig. 2 is a section on line 2-2 of Fig; 1;

Fig. 3 is aplan view of the spoon.

A stem 1, formed from a length of wire, is provided at either end with the loops 2 and 3, to which are respectively attached the swivel 4i and the multiple hook 5. These loops are formed by bending the ends of the wire back upon itself to form the hooks 6 and 7, whichare then bent at approximatelyright angles to the wire. The wire is again bent to engage the hooks 6 and 7 with the body portion of the wire. The bending operation is performed in such a way that the hooks 6 and 7 are located at approximately right angles to'the intermediate portion of the wire.

A spoon 8 is carried by'the stem 1. The forward end 9 of the spoon is bent over and has an aperture therein through which extends the stem. Near the rear end of the spoon is provided a post 10, in the free end of which is an aperture which receives the .stem 1. The bent-over forward end of the spoon and the post are located between the hooks '6 and 7 the latter being at a slightly greater distance from each other than the ceases to rotate, and simply oscillates. oscillation ofthe spoon gives a'difi'erent,

former, freeto rotate on thestem and .lSiLllOWCl aslight longi- .i [Pat ted M r 3' 32 tudinal play] The fact that the hooks 6 I and 7 are arranged at right angles to the stem obv ates the use of the customary glass beads or the like. on the stem for the elements 9 and 10 to bear against as the'plane surface 7 presented thereby does not interfere with the rotation of the spoon.

Thev spoon 8, lanceolate long and narrow,

arcuate in cross section, as is clearly shown in Fig. 2, and extends along a straight line from the front end to the rear tip. The curvature of the spoon is the same throughout its length. The tip of the spoon extends considerably beyond the rear loop 3 and is substantially the same radial distance from the axis of rotation of the spoon as are the barbs of the multiple hook from their axis. 7 The post 10 is so located on the spoon that the distance between itand any part of the loop 3 is materially less than the distance between the eye of the multiplehook and-the barbs, thereby preventing a hook from foullng on the post. Furthermore the hook cannot foul the spoonv elsewhere as :the spoon.everywhere presents a smooth arcuate surface ofl which the hook slides. The post maintains the spoon at a fixed inclination to the stem, which inclination has been determined in advance to be thatwhich will produce maximum rotation of the water, the hooks assume an approximately horizontal position as distinguished from other'spoonsin which the hooks hang downwardly unless lifting means is applied to the hooksthemselves. Solong as the hooks are clean, the spoon rotates during its passage through the water, but if grass or weeds become entangled in the 'hook, the spoon feel on the line from the rotation thereof The" and the user of such a spoon is quickly able I to tell from the feel whether his hook is clean or fouled. I j What I claim is: I

1. A trolling and casting device comprising a'stem, a hook carriedby said stem, a spoon rotatably mounted onsaid stem, a rigid post carried at the rear of said spoon and engaging said stem for maintaining said spoon at a fixed inclination to said stem,

said spoon 1 being substantially lanceolate stem a distance substantially equal to the distance of the barb of the hook from the 5 shank.

2. Ina trolling and casting device, a stem consisting of a wire, bent at either end to form hooks in planes at right anglesto the wire, which hooks are engaged with the wire to form loops, a lanceolate spoon r0- tatably mounted on said stem, and a rigid post carried by said spoon and operatively engaging said stem for maintaining said spoon at a fixed inclination to said stem.

3. A trolling and casting device compris- 15 ing a stem, one end through which sald stem extends,

a spoon havin an aperture at a rigid post carried near the other end of said spoon *and rotatably connected with said stem, said spoon being arouate in cross 20 section and lanceolate in Ian. FREDERICK B. GREENE; 

